The studio is probably my favorite place to
shoot. I guess coming from my days in art I still like the totally
creative aspects of arranging, lighting, and photographing a composition
that did not exist until I started to work on it. The photographs in this
collection are from a variety of situations.

Many were shot for clients ranging from
agency art directors to the marketing or PR people in a client company.
But some were shot for self promo where I was just having fun and some
were shot as demonstrations for lighting and advertising classes or seminars where I set
up, lit, and shot an example (which I'm showing here) then allowed the
students to work with the set to get a feel for the type of equipment or
techniques involved.

The bottom line is, whether for money,
which is always nice, or for fun or to teach the magic of the studio,
shooting in the controlled environment is
still something I look forward to doing. The shots in this gallery have been
taken with both film and digital cameras. These include:

Some of these photos were taken during
demos at my seminars or classes. In all cases these images were
arranged, lit, and shot my me. In some cases, following my set-up
and narrative, students/participants have been allowed to step up and play
with the set and take their own images in order to better understand the
lighting or whatever technique was the topic of the demonstration.
This is a common practice and it is accepted that the resulting work is
not truly the work of the student but is used for practice and analysis.
Nevertheless I have seen work from my demos appear in some
student's and former student's sites and portfolios as if it were their own. Although not
precisely ethical or honest, I really don't care. If they learned
enough to duplicate it and subsequently do it on their own then I did well
as an instructor and good for them; if not then they will only hurt
themselves trying to get and perform work based on a display of skills they do not
actually have. But I wanted you, the viewer, to understand clearly,
all of the images in this collection are the result of my own work and
vision.

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